 Henning Schmiedt, pianist, composer, arranger, was born in 1965 and
grew up in the former East Germany where working with art and music
represented social freedom. He studied music in Rostock, and gave concerts
and made CDs particularly with jazz-oriented ensembles in the middle
of the 80s. In the 90s, he was influenced more and more by both classical
and world music.
He played, arranged and produced for many international artists like
Mikis Theodorakis, Maria Farantaouri, Jocelyn B. Smith, Zülfü Livaneli,
Wu Wei, Georgeos Theodorakis, Sema, Lauren Newton, Maria Del Mar Bonet,
Milva, Dimitra Galani, Al di Meola, Petros Pandis and many others.
Creative desire for musical experiments: film soundtrack for a Kurt
Weill film, theatre music for "Metamorphosis" based on ideas
by Kafka, re-instrumenting of Mahler's "Songs on the Death of Children",
various sound installations, composition of chamber music, vocal music,
etc...
Global player: in addition to performing in concerts all over the world
with all kinds of ensembles and orchestras, he was dedicated to his
very own project PamagieRA, combining and improvising contemporary chamber
music with original world music as well as his own solo CD "Bilder".
::reviews::
Henning Schmiedt is an aesthete, who creates his compositional intentions
lightly, but with professional experience. His playing appears to be
handmade; virtous and harmonically profound he is placing important
accents.
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
…magnificent concept of the German pianist and arranger Henning Schmiedt.
Schmiedt paraphrases the evergreen themes by George Gershwin and Kurt
Weill, creating completly new identities for them or merging into opulent
Mahler-moods and theme transformations.
FAZ
Henning Schmiedt is a musician who has searched for possibilities of
artistic crossing over of boundaries for many years, time and again,
whether in his collaboration with Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farantouri,
with the turkish singer Sema, with the American Jocelyn B. Smith or
in the Duo PAmagieRA with Volker Schlott. Chamber music, jazz and world
music continously merge and flow into each other, building bridges between
cultures and people, which is, after all, what the goal of all serious
art should actually be.
Radio Kultur RBB
::selected discography::
albums:
Bilder-Assoziqtionen zu Kurt Weill (peregrina,2001)
Requiem (neuklang.2008)
Klavierraum (2008)
as Pamagiera:
PAmagieRA (peregrina,1996)
Okanagan (peregrina,1999)
soundtracks:
Kurt Weill -Die Musik zum Film (peregrina,2001)
A Ship Of Light (monogenuss,2008)
composition and interpretation:
Mikis Theodorakis - Beware Of Greeks Bearing Guns (universal mercury,2000)
Jochelyn B.Smith - Back To Soul (2002)
New and Used (2007)
Peter Dahm & Henning Schmiedt - PH (2007)
Pago Balke Peter Dahm & Henning Schmiedt - Wer braucht Humor?
arrangement and interpretation:
Bossa Nostra - Kleeblatt (amiga,1987)
Pension Volkmann - Vollpension (amiga,1988)
Pension Volkmann - Traumtaenzer (buschfunk,1993)
Bearbeitung des Mahler-Liedzyklus - Kindertotenlieder (klangraeume,1994)
MikisTheodorakis & Maria Farantouri - Poetica (peregrina,1996)
Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri - Asmata (peregrina,1998)
George Theodorakis - Nothing In Mind (peregrina,1998)
Jocelyn B.Smith - Blue light & Nylons (blondell,1998)
Jocelyn B.Smith Compilation der FGF - Voices for Peace (BMG,1999)
Jocelyn B.Smith, Mikis Theodorakis - Margarita (blondell-productions,2000)
Maria Farantouri, Maria del Mar Bonet, Jocelyn B. Smith, Petros Pandis,
Petr Migunov, Mikis Theodorakis - Happy Birthday, Mikis! (tropical music,2000)
Maria Farantouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Pamagiera, Sema,George Theodorakis
- Pergrinas Dreamworld (pergrina Music.2000)
Jocelyn B.Smith - My Christmas Experience (blondell,2001)
Maria Farantouri - Nostalgia (2001)
Maria Farantour - Festivales de Navarra (2001)
Jocelyn B.Smith - The Faces of Jocelyn B. Smit (blondell,2003)
Maria Farantouri/Jannis Vakarelis (legend,2004)
SEMA und Henning Schmiedt - Ilahiler Ve Nevesler-Mystische Sufigesänge
(Peregrina,2005)
Zülfü Livaneli/Maria Farantouri - Minimi Tou Nerou (legend,2005)
Mikis Theodorakis - First Songs (intuition,2005)
V.A. - Eine Reise durch Zeit und Wel (peregrina,2005)
Mikis Theodorakis - Kostas Kariotakis-Die Metamorphosen des Dionysos
Kammermusikfassung der Oper (intuition,2006)
Maria Farantouri - Way home (peregrina,2007)
Jocelyn B.Smith Zülfü Livaneli Maria Farantouri - Livaneli Sarkilari
(ida muesik,2008)
interpretation:
College - The East Berlin Guest Orchestra (zong,1990)
Mikis Theodorakis - Theodorakis sings Theodorakis (intiution,1991)
Angelika Weiz und GVO - Heimat (bam,1992)
-Jocelyn B.Smith - Born of Music blondell productions,1993)
Angelika Weiz - Free (bam,1994)
SEMA & Taksim - Sihir (peregrina,1995)
Biber - Friedemann (1995)
Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri - The Birthday Concert`95 (tropical
music,1995)
Mikis Theodorakis & Zuelfue Livaneli - Together (tropical music,1997)
Jocelyn B.Smith - Live in Berlin (blondell,1997)
Friedemann - On A Personal Note (biber,1997)
Mikis Theodorakis sings his songs - Mikis (peregrina,1997)
Wolfgang Schmiedt - Guitars & Organs (klangraeume,1998)
Mikis Theodorakis - Symphonietta-Etat de Siege (intuition,1999)
Mikis Theodorakis - Mauthausen-Trilogy (plaene,2000)
Jocelyn B. Smith - Phenomenal Woman (blondell,2004)
Telmo Pires - Passos (traumton,2004)
Jocelyn B. Smith - Expressionzz (blondell,2006)
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